Punishment?

March 18, 1985|By Lee Wagner.

HIGHLAND, IND. — I wish someone would explain to me why the United States feels it is necessary to ``punish`` New Zealand. Doesn`t that country have a right to enforce its own laws? It is an avowed antinuclear nation. Because it took necessary steps to remain that way, our government is proposing a number of punitive measures against that country.

New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange said: ``I regret those moves. They are serious, and they will, to a degree, be damaging`` (Tribune, Feb. 27).

New Zealand has been our ally for years. It does not merely speak peace but shows by its actions that it means what it says.